Friday, February 10, 2012

Tofu (to-full) cakes with cherry tomatoes... that's what this is. I made this 2 days ago to fill up my themed week. I only had 2 posts in hand initially, and trying to submit to AB, I had to start this week's theme w/o a Full-House (3of a kind).

Chinese New Year is always about adundance and wealth. In Chinese the 富(fu, wealth) sounds similar to 腐. And being full is a must for this occasion. Rice bucket must be full, pocket also full (kids that is, with all those angpow), tummy full with all the food, and of course, playing cards also hoping for Full.. Full House, Full-Lo, full whatever. LOL. But no no.. not foo choon loong (hole in pants)... not this one.

I took the idea of making flowers in such a way after reading mainland Chinese blogs, no no.,.. not reading, but looking. My Mandarin is not that good to read, but look is good enough.
Pan frying this to-full makes it taste nicer, but baking is easier (but leaves turned dull). Choose whichever way you prefer

Sharon,the red and green is almost as it is.the pan fried ones were vibrant, just the baked ones, the green turned dull due to long cooking time.It was dusk, and u know la, shooting at this time is not easy, the colours change here and there and it's so hard to make it look like what I saw with my eyes.

lena,the small ones can still be flipped, but have to be very careful, right due to the "flowers".But baked is not as fragrant. Unless I have a die cast iron pan, fry the base then grill the top to brown. Then it will be perfect! Now that reminds me of that pan in Cold Storage!

Hi,I have been a silent visitor to your blog.But today this lovely dish has prompted me to comment here :).. Having lived in China for 6 years,we have developed a special taste and fondness for the country and its cuisine esp. Tofu.This one looks extremely cute and its something my Lil angel would love to have.Can't take my eyes off the click :)

taht looks so pretty! I love that it's actually quite simple to make. I will probably just skip the tofu and make it like an omelette though ): I have to go all the way down to chinatown if i want to get tofu here.